Introduction. The clean technology fund. The false promise of carbon capture and storage-readiness. Conclusion: a cautionary tale for copenhagen.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont (NYSE: DD) is uniquely positioned to deliver clean technology opportunities, including both advanced biomaterials and biofuels, DuPont Applied BioSciences President Craig F. Binetti told attendees at the Jeffries 11th Annual Clean Technology Conference. We are meeting the growing demand for reducing dependence on fossil fuels by harnessing the full innovation capabilities of our scientists and our partners," Binetti said. "This creates a powerhouse of industrial biotechnology and clean technology businesses with a goal of generating $1 billion in revenues and more than $250 million in earnings by 2015 from our extensive portfolio of renewable materials and fuel technologies.
With a father who was a lawyer, David Van't Hof grew up with a unique perspective of the profession and an interest in appellate law that intensified when the University of Michigan law school grad served for two years as an Oregon Supreme Court clerk. Van't Hof, now a shareholder at Lane Powell, initially planned to become a judge. Instead, he got involved in renewable energy and technologies projects while working at a previous firm and decided he wanted to be part of the movement to combat global warming.
COLUMBIA, Md., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqCM: NGBF) ("NGBF" or the "Company") announced today that their President and CEO, Cary J. Claiborne, will be speaking on Tuesday, June 22 and Wednesday, June 23 at the Clean Technology Conference being held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The Company will also have a booth to exhibit its proprietary technology. More than 5,000 attendees from over 70 countries are expected at the conference. The Clean Technology conference brings together corporate business and technology executives, investors, industry leaders, utility operators, suppliers, entrepreneurs and more, who are looking for solutions to help them comply with current and proposed emis...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cleantech Group(TM), founders of the cleantech sector and providers of leading global market research, events and advisory services for the cleantech ecosystem, along with Deloitte, which provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to cleantech companies, today released preliminary 1Q 2010 results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China and India, totaling $1.9 billion across 180 companies. Cleantech venture investment was up 29% from the previous quarter and up 83% from the same period a year ago. The number of deals recorded in 1Q 2010 represents a new record total, edging ahead of the previous high set in 4Q09 (165 deals).
On January 8, President Barack Obama announced the allocation of $2.3 billion in tax credits for clean energy projects. The aim of the credits, which are part of the Recovery Act, is twofold: to create jobs by fostering a robust clean-energy manufacturing sector and to meet Obama's stated goal of doubling the nation's use of renewable energy in the next three years. But, according to a report recently released by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation and the Breakthrough Institute, Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant, that foundation is shaky at best. However, it is not too late to shift the momentum. The US has fallen behind, the report argues, due to a focus on stimulating domestic demand without providing adequate support for the manufacturing side and a reliance on small,...
In an interview, Michael Granoff, founder of Maniv Energy Capital and leading investor in Israel's clean energy movement, talked about how did he get involved with the Better Place. He came out of the investment world in 2006, and became convinced that electrification of transportation was both inevitable and very urgent. Electricity is always the most efficient. It isn't an energy form in itself -- it's a means of delivering energy. Their subscription model is the opportunity to buy not gasoline, which you only buy as a means to delivering miles, but to purchase those miles directly. The problems in the auto industry point to the fact that the oil industry has been favored over it in recent years. To save the US auto industry, they need to rebalance. The way to save it is to have a dif...
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